Noticeboard

*** Travel Information ***

Please ensure you seek advice from your Practice Nurse at least 8 weeks before you intend to travel abroad! Contact reception for a travel form, these assist the Practice Nurse in making an initial assessment of the vaccinations and advice you may need.

*** Flu Vaccinations***

Please contact Reception to organise your Flu vaccination.

*** Patient Online ***

You can now access your medical records online. For more details please follow the link to Online Services under Quick Links.

***NAMED GP***

All patients have now been allocated to a Named GP who will take responsibility for the co-ordination of all appropriate patient services. Please note this does not affect your right to see a Doctor of your choosing when you attend the surgery.

*** Hospital Phlebotomy ***

As of Wednesday 1st July 2015 Scarborough Hospital will no longer be providing a phlebotomy service on an ad-hoc basis for blood tests requested by the surgery. This also applies to patients who may work at Scarborough Hospital. All future blood tests MUST be done at Peasholm Surgery. Please see reception for an appointment.

*** Dental Problems ***

DOCTORS ARE NOT TRAINED IN DENTISTRY, RISK GETTING IT WRONG, AND CAN BE STRUCK OFF IF THEY MEDDLE IN IT. If you need to see a dentist out of hours, please contact NHS111

When We Are Closed

Scarborough & Ryedale Clinical Commissioning Group are responsible for the provision of out of hours care. Should you require medical attention out of normal surgery hours, telephone the surgery number and your call will be automatically transferred to the chosen out of hour’s provider.

NHS 111

If you require urgent medical assistance which cannot wait until the surgery re-opens please call 1-1-1. A trained advisor will direct you to the most appropriate health service or treatment for your needs close to where you are. If they feel you need urgent health care, they can make you an appointment at one of the urgent care centres in Scarborough or Malton. The person you speak to at NHS 111 is not employed by this surgery and your doctor is not responsible for the appropriateness or accuracy of the advice you may be given.

Yorkshire Doctors Urgent Care Centre

The urgent care centre in Scarborough is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. To ensure you are seen as quickly as possible, please book an appointment by calling 1-1-1.

The urgent care centre in Malton is open from 9am - 8pm, 365 days a year for patients attending without a pre-booked appointment via 111. Outside these times, you can still call 1-1-1 to arrange for someone at the Centre to see you during the night.

Emergency Department (A&E)

In a genuine medical emergency you should call 999, for example if you are having difficulty breathing, suffering from chest pains or have had a serious accident. The nearest emergency departments are located at Scarborough Hospital and York Hospital.